REI.UN vs. CHP.UN, SRU.UN, CRT.UN, SGR.UN, PLZ.UN, SRT.UN, FSV, CIGI, CAR.UN, and GRT.UN
Should you be buying RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust include Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Slate Retail REIT (SRT.UN), FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), and Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRT.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:REI.UN) and Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (TSE:CHP.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has higher revenue and earnings than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst had 9 more articles in the media than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst and 1 mentions for RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's score of 0.60 indicating that RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust presently has a consensus price target of C$20.86, indicating a potential upside of 15.30%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a consensus price target of C$15.19, indicating a potential upside of 6.88%. Given RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 652.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst pays out 82.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
35.4% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a net margin of 45.94% compared to RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of 4.07%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's return on equity of 15.77% beat RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust received 332 more outperform votes than Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.52% of users gave RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 38.21% of users gave Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst an outperform vote.
Summary
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst beats RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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